human geography Flashcards
what is demography and what type of questions do they answer
study of populations, why are more schools opening rather than closing and why are old rock bands (Queen) still so popular
what are population pyramids
“paired horizontal graphs” compare populations with dif. countries or same but dif. time
types of pyramids
expanding, stable, contracting
expanding definition and why
high birth rates (usually a developing country) poor quality of life lack of food, healthcare
stable definition and why
high birth and death rates better healthcare, more food, sanitation
contracting definition
when there are higher death rates than birth rates (developed country)
pop. perdictability definition
the patterns seen in other counrties populations
what is a Census
the counting of how many people are in one area, takes a long time and is only done every once and a while (like 5 years)
1st world country
industrialized capitalism, U.S, Canada, Western Europe, japan, and anyone who was against the Soviet Union during cold war and love NATO
2 nd world counrty
usually communist in the east bloc including Soviets and its allies in the Warsaw pact
3rd world country
not allined with communist or NATO, refers to less deveoped countries.
primary industry
extracts natural reasourses from physical enviroment
Natural resources
things found in nature (water, wood, minerals, ect.) to make goods
secondary industry
Focus on manufactoring and construction
Teritary industry
provides services to businesses and individual
